UNSPSC 85602054: Occlusion of ascending colon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of ascending colon, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0DLK0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602054 "Occlusion of ascending colon, open approach" is a Commodity code that does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this tag. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code reflect health services administration and occupational medical surveillance—disability benefit medical record review, employee health plan benefit management, workplace occupational health examinations, and youth detention medical services. The mismatch between the code's clinical procedure label and the actual procurement activity suggests either a systematic miscoding in the source data or a legacy taxonomy mapping issue that has decoupled the code from the services being solicited. State and local issuing bodies—including city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and county commissioners offices—are using this code to tag administrative health services and workforce medical surveillance rather than surgical interventions.

Recent opportunities show activity across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office is soliciting independent medical evaluation services for disability pension benefit determinations (RFP RTMRFP26001, response due October 16, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation is requesting occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers across 14 locations (RFP RFP20260825, response due October 9, 2026); the City of Long Beach is seeking a surgical benefit carve-out program for its employee health plan (RFP HR26753, response due October 7, 2026); Santa Clara Health System is establishing a vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (RFQ RFSQHHSFY270052, response due October 7, 2026); and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (RFI 071626BNM, response due September 25, 2026). The code shows no cohesive procurement signal—the work being tagged does not align with the code's nominal scope, and pursuing opportunities under this code requires treating the tag as unreliable and evaluating each solicitation on its actual service content rather than the code label.